Personal Injury

Ann Moralee, the mother of Isabelle Sapherson-Moralee, 22 – lovingly known as ‘Izzy’ – has spoken about the devastation her death from ketamine addiction has caused. She hopes that better education and training about ketamine addiction will help ensure that no other parent has to go through the same ordeal.

Greg Almond, our Serious Personal Injury Partner, represents two of the surviving victims of the Nottingham attacks Wayne Birkett and Sharon Miller. He has issued a statement in response to the Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust confirming that 11 staff members have been dismissed for unlawfully accessing the medical records of the Nottingham Attack’s victims.

A brain injury can change a life in an instant. Whatever the cause, the impact can be complex, long‑lasting and deeply personal.

As legal representatives for survivors Wayne Birkett and Sharon Miller, standing by them in a legal capacity and personally supporting them and their partners Tracey and Martin; we look ahead to the fifth week of the Nottingham Inquiry with determination and an unwavering commitment to ensuring their voices are heard.

Week one of the Nottingham Inquiry saw the introductions to proceedings, where we saw the core participants, their solicitors and counsel, and heard the overview of what happened on the lead up to 13th June 2023, and what happened afterwards.

The long‑awaited Inquiry into the Nottingham Attacks officially began today at Mary Ward House in Central London. After months of campaigning by victims, families, and legal representatives, the first day of proceedings marks a pivotal moment in the search for answers surrounding the tragic events that shocked the city of Nottingham.

Personal injury lawyers Greg Almond and Karina Patel discuss the growing calls for a public enquiry into the prescribing of diethylstilbestrol (DES) to pregnant women.

Nottingham attacks survivor, Wayne Birkett, alongside our Partner and Head of Serious Personal Injury, Greg Almond yesterday met with the Health Secretary to discuss improvements needed to local mental health services. Greg is representing the survivors at the Nottingham Public Inquiry.

Below is a statement given by Greg Almond, Partner and Head of Serious Injury at Rothera Bray Solicitors who represents two of the survivors of the attack, Wayne Birkett and Sharon Miller. Greg represents Wayne and Sharon in their civil claims and at the Inquiry which will begin to hear the evidence from 23rd February 2026. The Inquiry is expected to last until early June.

Rothera Bray’s Clinical Negligence team has been instructed to represent a woman affected by the alleged negligent care of Dr Daniel Hay, a former consultant gynaecologist at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust.

Imagine discovering that a drug prescribed to protect your pregnancy decades ago is the reason behind your cancer, infertility, or your child’s suffering. For over 300,000 women in the UK, this is the legacy of Diethylstilbestrol (DES).

The Survivors of the 2023 Nottingham attacks are calling for full transparency in the upcoming public inquiry by requesting that the proceedings are streamed on YouTube when hearings begin in February 2026.